Stater (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena
Ancient Greek Painting and Sculpture
-317–-310
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
- Genre
- Coins
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
pegasusGreeksilvercoininorganic materialancient artnonferrous metalmythological figuresgoddessesancientmetal
About
The front of this coin depicts the goddess Athena facing right. The top of her helmet is decorated with a leaping griffin. On the back the winged horse pegasus is shown in flight facing left.
